Showing posts with label Sports and Leisure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports and Leisure. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

What Follow-up of Beijing Olympic Games Venues?

Beijing Olympic Games StadiumsAugust 24, 2008, when the Olympic flame extinguished in the night sky of Beijing, cheers dispersed, can not be evaded a question before it. How to use the stadiums which are invested huge amounts of money. All previous Olympic Games experience and lessons tell us that the building of venues costly, after utilization of small, high maintenance costs, which is almost all the Olympic Games are plagued by a host of problems.

Beijing Olympic Games a total of 37 competition venues, of which 31 are in Beijing, including 12 new venues, expanded 11, and eight venues are temporary building. There are aslo 6 competition venues outside of Beijing.

How to use the Nest Stadium?The Nest StadiumIn sports industry developed countries, selling the right to title occupy a very important position in the operation of sports venues. After the Olympic Games in Sydney, in order to get the right to title of the main stadium, Australia Telecommunications Company spent 10 million Australian dollars on it. Munich's Allianz Stadium, Munich Allianz Insurance Company (IANZ) title sponsorship of the stadium. The rate is 120 million euros for 30 years.

It is learnt that the title of Nest Statium will be sold after the Beijing Olympic Games. Currently, six multinational companies have decided to take part in the competition. As the Nest Stadium's particularity, the owners said that the title of the right to determine, is not necessarily the price, in addition to depend on for their own economic enterprises, brand value, corporate culture and so on will become the focus of inspection.

After the Beijing Olympic Games, Nest Stadium will be made full use of its advantage to stimulate the development of commercial facilities. It will undertake major sports events and theatrical performances, the development of intangible assets, supporting commercial rental property business for three major modules.

The owner of the Nest Stadium also plans to invest about 300 million yuan for the second phase of transformation, including hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, clubs and boutique stores. After that, the commercial area will reach 35 percent.

Water Cube's brand management
The Water CubeWater Cube's foreign chief designer, John Bilmon said that in the initial design stage, his design team has been taken a pragmatic, long-term considerations about the usage of the stadium after the Olympic Games.


The Water Cube's leasure area is five times than the stadium's. A total of 17,000 stadium seats, of which 8,000 are temporary seats. These temporary seats will be removed after the Olympic Games, allows people to leisure and fitness.

After the Olympic Games, the Water Cube will become the main man-made surfing beach, it is also available on a wide variety of water sports and entertainment, fitness and training facilities. It is expected to Beijing after the largest and most comprehensive public water recreation center after the Olympic Games.

If accord with the requirements of FINA, 40,000 square meters is enough. But we have built 80,000 square meters. These areas can do a lot of facilities to serve the people, it can build an international fashion centre of entertainment.

Let more people enjoy the Olympic venues
People enjoy the Olympic venuesBeijing Olympic venue construction plans take into account the principle of centralization and decentralization. Olympic venues in Beijing mainly concentrated in the northern and western of the cities, is divided into four regions, including a central area and three divisions. The central area is in the Olympic Park. Three divisions are university district, western, northern scenic tourist areas. The reason why such a layout, is fully taken into account the use of venues after the Olympic Games, which would facilitate the general public to the nearest fitness training venues.
People enjoy the Olympic venues
The central area of Beijing Olympic venues and facilities as the most concentrated region, after the Olympic Games, it will become a exhibitions, sports, leisure, business and other activities in one of the large-scale high-quality region. University district is for the students' teaching, training, competition and other use.

As for the Shunyi Water Sports Centre Racetrack, after the Olympic Games in the region will become a very unique tour place.

After the Olympics, the venue operators will be handed over to the owners of all the operations and management. Enterprises funded and constructed, in charge of the enterprise management after Olympic Games, which is the innovation of Beijing Olympic Games. Although this model is conducive after use, but taking into account the special nature of Olympic venues and facilities. Businesses can not operate in the blind pursuit of profit.

Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

NBC: Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony by the High Ratings

Beijing Olympic Games Opeaning CeremonyThe U.S. NBC said the television broadcast of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games welcomed by the audience in the United States. Its ratings more than any other outside the United States at the Olympic Games opening ceremony.

NBC said the broadcast television ratings of the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony as high as 21.5 percent, second only to 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games opening ceremony of the 27 percent of the ratings.

The data provided by NBC also showed that 70 million clicks form online broadcast of Beijing Olympic Games opeaning ceremony.

Because of the time zone difference, NBC did not broadcast the Beijing Olympic Games opening ceremony. Many American viewers dissatisfied with this and required broadcasting of Olympic Games opening ceremony in the future.

Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu

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Survey: Asia-Pacific Audience Hope to Watch the Beijing Olympic Closing Ceremony

Beijing Olympic Games Opeaning CeremonyAccording to a business survey showed that, after a stunning opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Nearly two-thirds of the audience from Asia-Pacific region look forward to watch Olympic Games Closing Ceremony which will be held on 24.

The survey results from the Olympic veteran sponsor Visa International.

Entrusted to conduct such a survey, Nelson surveied the nine major Asia-Pacific countries and regions more than 4,500 respondents in March-April this year. There are 63 percent of people intend to watch the closing ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games.

Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu

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Olympic Games Attract Big 5 Sporting Goods and Decathlon

As China's success of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, sports economy has become China's a new focus of economic development. This makes a new upsurge in sporting goods market. China's sporting goods market had annual double-digit growth rate in a high-speed since 2000. To 2004, the size of the market reached 4.2 billion U.S. dollars. At the same time, China is the world's largest sporting goods manufacturing base, each of about 60 percent of the world's sporting goods are manufactured in China. It is expected to 2008, China's sporting goods market will reach 6.2 billion U.S. dollars. China is also strongly encourages physical exercise. There are nearly 400 million Chinese people participated in various sports activities, and this number is also growing again, for China's sporting goods market has strong demand. So, this market be foreign sporting goods retail giants' coveted inevitably.

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV)

Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (BGFV), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the retail of sporting goods in the western United States. BGFV offers athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories, as well as a selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, snowboarding, and in-line skating. The company also offers various private label merchandise, including shoes, apparel, golf equipment, binoculars, camping equipment, fishing supplies, and snowsport equipment. Big 5 Sporting Goods sells private label merchandise under its owned labels comprising Court Casuals, Golden Bear, Harsh, Pacifica, Rugged Exposure, South Bay, and Triple Nickel, in addition to labels licensed from a third party, including Body Glove, Hi-Tec, and Maui & Sons. As of December 30, 2007, it operated 363 stores in 11 states under the 'Big 5 Sporting Goods' name. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

Decathlon Group Stores

Decathlon is the World wide leader in full range sporting goods retailing with more than 250 super sports stores and about 20,000 employees in 20 countries such as Italy, Spain, France, Argentina, Brazil, Germany and China Decathlon purchased MVP Sports in October 1999.

Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Liu Xiang's Cancellation Bring Huge Loss to NIKE

August 18, China's athlete Liu Xiang quit Beijing Olympic Games men's 110 meter hurdles race. During the practice of first round match, he felt unwell prepared because of the injury on the achilles tendon of right foot. Considering he couldn't complete the race, at last, he dicided to cancel it.

Liu Xiang's cancellation must bring huge loss to NIKE, because NIKE specially spent much manpower and money to design new type of sportsware and footware. At last, Liu Xiang couldn't show NIKE's high technology products to the whole world.


Originally Posted: Danmex.org
Author: Angulo Fu

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Friday, August 15, 2008

Phelps Will be Worth Over 30 Million Dollars After the Beijing Olympic Games

Mike Phelps make history In each session of the Olympic Games, the athletics of track and field and the swimming contribute almost half of the gold medals for the U.S. A.. but this is games only be held once every four years. Actually, the real games which attract people' eyes are several kinds of ball games, such as golf, tennis, basket ball, football, baseball and ice hockey. 2007 Forbes the world's most influential men and women sports stars are golfer Tiger Woods and tennis star Maria Sharapova.

After Beijing Olympic Games, the rich list which are monopolized by ball stars may come to an end. Michael Phelps is expected to become the richest professional swimming athlete of the history.

Commercial value increased with the number of gold medals

In the rich list of the sports stars, there is always ball hot item which on the top. According to Forbes's Top Sports rich list, the top surface of it is the golfer Tiger Woods (100 million U.S. dollars), football star David Beckham (33 million U.S. dollars) and the famous basketball Bryant (33 million U.S. dollars).

However, August of Beijing, in a swimming stadium be named as the "Water Cube" , a "non-popular item," a sports tycoons will catch up with Woods. This is Michael Phelps, appraised as "Alien" by Ian Thorpe. a famous Australian swimming athlete.

Up to yesterday, in Beijing Olympic Games, Phelps has won all five gold medals of his participation in projects. 2004's six gold medals were Counted in, he has become the athlete who own most Olympic gold medal in the history.

According to the Forbes report, since 2004, the average annual advertising revenue is 16 million U.S. dollars. Phelps's strong capacity of winning gold medal, marking his commercial value will also line up. According to the Advisory Group expects who are concentrate on brand management, in Beijing Olympic Games, Phelps's personal income will be increased to 30 million U.S. dollars in the short term, reaching the level of David Beckham.

Sports regal with a simple life

Compared with Tiger Woods, David Beckham's fame and wealth, Phelps should be more honoured. As a swimmer, he don't have their own entertainment time like his peers did. He insist on training at least six hours a day, seven days a week, uninterrupted, even on Christmas. These hard work make him well-known after one battle in Athens and then to Beijing's brilliant legendary experience.

Phelps's success story is a typical "American dream", so loved so deeply by the Americans. The IOC had no choice but to obey the NBC, modify the swimming finals to morning in order to comply with the "American time".

At present, Phelps' speak brands are as follows: Visa, Speedo, Omega, AT & T Wireless, a food company PowerBar, Kellogg's, RosettaStone, PureSport, etc. After a few seconds of his 10th gold medal, Visa company released a TV ad, commemorated he as the most Olympic gold medal athletes.

Now, Phelps has been a rich man, but he said that he is not so concerned with their own money at a news conference. Perhaps the wealth is enough for him, from a family which is not rich.

Originally Posted: Danmex.org
Author: Angulo Fu

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Li Ning Soared 144 Million within 48 Hours after the Ignition of Beijing Olympic Games

Li Ning ignite the torch of Beijing Olympic Games 45-year-old Li Ning successfully completed the Olympic Games ignition with a high coefficient of difficulty. This is also the victory of Li Ning brand. Li Ning's personal wealth has been soaring 30 million U.S. dollars, after Li Ning shares rose on Monday. His assets have reached 1.6 billion yuan.

Monday, Li Ning's stock all the way up, to 18.24 yuan at the end of the day, increases as high as 3.519 percent. Turnover was about 1010 Million shares, 184.6 million yuan. All active buying are more than 50 percent, 70 percent more during the peak period.

According to Reuters Chinese network disclosure, as at July 11, Li Ning hold about 266.8 million shares, which means that Li Ning's own wealth soared in more than 100 million yuan, by the way of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games torch ignited.

Originally Posted: Danmex.org
Author: Angulo Fu

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